Strangers in Death (In Death) | J.D. Robb

Strangers in Death (In Death) | J.D. Robb | Stranger in Death

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	Strangers in Death (In Death) J.D. Robb Putnam Adult, 2008 - 368 pages average customer review:based on 76 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

If death is a flavor....

It took me a while to get to this book in my TBR pile. I hadn't looked forward to it after being dissappointed with the "Creation", "Origin", and "Born" books. There was a fast-paced, gloss-over, paste-it-together tendency in each story that didn't appeal to me. Why buy them?, you ask. I suppose I just can't help it, I'm always hopeful when it comes to a J. D. Robb work.

Because of the wise investment of my loyalty, I can now sit back smugly and enjoy the pay-off. "Strangers" epitomizes everything that's ridiculously fantastic about the premise of this series. It was a pleasurable slow burn munching through the everyday-ordinary in the life of a 12 year veteran lieutenant of the NYPSD's homocide unit. I was happy to be a spectator in that alone; then came a conflagration of ecstasy as unexpected goodies spilled into the story. Squeeeeeeeeeeee! Yeah, I said it, "squeeeeeeeeee". I can't believe NR's got me acting all girlie over this book.

This is the business of murder folks, and it should never be taken lightly or routinely. Making no promises that life won't interrupt the case from time to time, Eve Dallas gets down to business. The usual cast of friends and co-workers make appearances to aide in drawing out the yum-yums, but they no longer burden the story-line as they have in the recent past. All the growth Eve has experienced, the changes taking place in her relationships--they all settle more comfortably, less forcefully. This Eve, though settled, is still growing. She even allows for more time to sleep with less fuss.

There were some quirks, so I'm taking half a star off my rating for the following: Unnecessary sex scene in the pool, forced/rushed resolution of the case (these two scenes were superfluous and jarring respectively, given the rhythm and tone of the overall book), and Roarke spent more time helping Eve do her job than his own (which isn't too bad, but both were independently functional prior to hooking up with each other. Given their personalities, conflicts should still arise easily as they did in their beginnings).

Overall, this entry is one of the best examples of the collection. It is a strong return, by J. D. Robb, to the earlier flavor of death in this series.

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Stranger in Death

I got the audio to add to my collection of J D Robb/Nora Robert's audios. I found the audio well made and once again, enjoyed the Brilliance production of the book. Brilliance uses the same narrator to read the In Death series, Susan Ericksen and as always, she is superb.

Strangers on a Train Revisited

As Roarke so adeptly points out, Eve is investigating her latest homicide, Hitchcock style. Less than halfway through the story, Eve pins the killer - now it is her job to prove it. As always, J.D. Robb entertains us with the wittiness of the couple as they work together on solving the mystery of the death of Thomas Anders, wealthy business entrepreneur of all sports equipment. It's always entertaining when Eve and Peabody get into their "girly" conversations especially when Peabody offers a girls weekend to Eve - for fans of the series, you can only imagine how Eve responds to that idea! A new twist rears its head into the relationship of Charles and Louise. With the able assistance of her gorgeous husband and the support of her trusty team, Feeney, McNab, Baxter and Trueheart, Eve uncovers a parallel to the current homicide and the investigation takes a turn in yet another direction. This series is my favorite and I look forward to each new addition.

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business as usual

I love this series and Nora Roberts (aka J.D. Robbs) never fails to deliver. Her dialogue is pitch perfect, her characters well thought out and her sense of pacing is superb. This book does not disappoint, although it is a little too much business as usual - without the personal tensions that separate the best of this series from the rest of the series. We learn who the murderer is pretty early on, and despite some obvious questions, nothing much gets in Eve's way as she wraps it up. However I will never turn down a new J.D. Robb - Eve Dallas mystery. Fantasizing about Roarke, the interplay between Peabody and Dallas, its all just too enjoyable to miss.

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